In 1996, Woods was 20 years old and made the decision to go pro. He immediately received lucrative product endorsement deals from Titleist and Nike. ... Tiger Woods Wins First Major.

Images from Tiger Woods’ first PGA Tour win at the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational. 6 Oct 1996: Tiger Woods holds his trophy while being accompanied by two Las Vegas showgirls after winning the Las Vegas ...

Tiger Woods speaks at a press conference after winning the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational. J.D. Cuban Now he was the owner of a two-year tour exemption and leaped to 40th on the money list with $437,194.

Tiger Woods was 20, Ed Fiori was 43. Woods was playing in his third event as a professional. Fiori had made more than 500 starts on the PGA Tour. With the galleries fully in support of Woods, who held ...

Six things that were different in 1996, when Tiger Woods won his first Tour event: SHOES: Most tour golfers wore metal spikes. Today, even most pros wear shoes with plastic spikes or rubber nubs.

A breakdown of Tiger Woods' 77 Tour wins. AP. View Comments. Tiger Woods%27 77 wins have come at 25 tournament; He has won only eight tournaments just once ...

Tributes have poured in for PGA Tour stalwart Ed Fiori after the four-time champion passed away following a battle with cancer earlier this week. Fiori died at the age of 72, having enjoyed a ...

Nicknamed The Grip for his unusually strong grip, Ed Fiori delayed Tiger Woods from earning his first PGA Tour title at the 1996 Quad Cities Open.

RELATED: Tiger's 82 wins, by the numbers The first win came way back at the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational. The 82nd came halfway across the world, 23 years and too many surgeries later.

Tiger Woods, after more than five ... Woods won his first Tour event in 1996, at age 20. ... Woods’s win at the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach was expected — it was the margin of victory, ...